Death from Drink
♦ . On Thursday last George Townsend, driver of the J)anedin tramcar, by some aaacountable means fell over the iplash board and held on to the reins. The horses slewed round, and the hind wheel of the car passed orer his body. He died two hours afterwards at the honpital. ■ . \ . ■ ■ ■
(m vinwß nw absociatiox.) DONBDI*. I his Day. At tha isquett on the hody of TownaendU it was proved that he was in liquor, *nd had been takea off the train,immediatelFitfottotowa. H« fell over the ■plath-board, the forewheels passing ov«r lam. ATerdicfc of "Accidental death, accelerated bj drink," was returned.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 80, 8 December 1883, Page 3
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101Death from Drink Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 80, 8 December 1883, Page 3
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